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{{For||Axe (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Wooden Axe.png
| image2 = Enchanted Wooden Axe.gif
| miningefficiency = 2
| attackdamage = {{jebe|{{hp|7}}|{{hp|4}}}}
| attackspeed = 0.8
| attackrange = 3
| hitboxmargin = 0
| durability = {{jebe|59|60}}
| enchantability = 15
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = No
}}
A '''wooden axe''' is an early-game variant of [[Minecraft:axe]] that is crafted from [[Minecraft:planks]]. It can be used to cut down trees faster, to [[Minecraft:Axe#Stripping and scraping|strip]] [[Minecraft:log]]s and [[Minecraft:scrape]] [[Minecraft:Copper#Blocks|copper-based blocks]], and as a melee weapon that disables [[Minecraft:shields]]. It is the seventh-highest [[Minecraft:tier]] of axe, having the lowest [[Minecraft:mining efficiency]], the lowest attack damage alongside [[Minecraft:golden axe]]s, and having the lowest attack speed alongside [[Minecraft:Stone Axe|stone]] and [[Minecraft:copper axe]]s. It can be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]] in a [[Minecraft:furnace]], [[Minecraft:smoker]], or [[Minecraft:blast furnace]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|A1 = Any Planks
|B1 = Any Planks
|B2 = Stick
|A2 = Any Planks
|B3 = Stick
|Output = Wooden Axe
|type = Tool
}}

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|wooden-axe}}

== Usage ==
=== Breaking ===
Wooden axes can break wood-related blocks faster than other tools. Breaking a block costs 1 durability.{{note|Blocks that break instantly don't use up durability.}}
<references group="note"/>

=== Stripping ===
{{ctrl|Using}} a wooden axe on a [[Minecraft:log]], [[Minecraft:wood]] block, [[Minecraft:Block of Bamboo|bamboo block]] turns it into a [[Minecraft:stripped log]], [[Minecraft:stripped wood]], or [[Minecraft:Block of Stripped Bamboo|stripped bamboo]], respectively. This uses 1 point of the axe's durability.

=== Scraping ===
{{ctrl|Using}} a wooden axe on a waxed or somewhat oxidized [[Minecraft:copper]] block removes the wax if it has any, or otherwise removes a level of oxidization. This uses 1 point of durability.

=== Weapon ===
When used as a weapon, a wooden axe loses 2 durability points.

==== {{JE}} ====
A wooden axe always disables a shield, although there should be a chance of it happening.<ref>{{bug|MC-197537}}</ref> Damage done by a wooden axe is equivalent to that of a [[Minecraft:diamond sword]], but it has a longer cooldown.

==== {{BE}} ====
Wooden axes attack instantly with no cooldown and do {{hp|1}} less damage than a [[Minecraft:wooden sword]].

=== Repairing ===
==== Combining ====
{{Crafting
|showdescription = 1
|ignoreusage = 1
|ingredients = Damaged Wooden Axe|Damaged Wooden Axe|Damaged Wooden Axe
|Output = Wooden Axe
|description = The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
}}
{{Grinding
|showdescription=1
|ingredients= 2× Damaged [[Minecraft:Wooden Axe]]
|Damaged Wooden Axe
|Damaged Wooden Axe
|Wooden Axe
|description=The durability of the two axes is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
}}

==== Unit repair ====
{{main|Anvil mechanics#Unit repair}}
{{Repairing
| head=1
| Damaged Wooden Axe
| Damaged Wooden Axe; Any Planks
| Wooden Axe
| tail=1
}}

A wooden axe can be repaired in an [[Minecraft:anvil]] by adding [[Minecraft:wooden plank]]s, with each plank restoring 25% of the axe's maximum durability, rounded down. Two wooden axes can also be combined in an anvil. Both methods preserve the axe's [[Minecraft:enchantment]]s.

=== Enchantments ===
A wooden axe can receive the following enchantments:
{| class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Description
!Max Level
![[Minecraft:Enchanting|Method]]
!Weight
|-
|[[Minecraft:Efficiency]]
|Increases the mining speed.
|V
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|10
|-
|[[Minecraft:Fortune]]<ref group="note" name="exc">Silk Touch and Fortune are mutually exclusive</ref>
|Increases the amount of [[Minecraft:drops]] when mining.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Silk Touch]]<ref group="note" name="exc" />
|Causes blocks to drop themselves when mined.
|I
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|1
|-
|[[Minecraft:Sharpness]]<ref group="note" name="exc2">Sharpness, Smite, Bane of Arthropods, and Cleaving{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}} are mutually exclusive.</ref>
|Increases the damage dealt.
|V
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|10
|-
|[[Minecraft:Smite]]<ref group=note name=exc2/>
|Increases the damage dealt to [[Minecraft:undead]].
|V
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Minecraft:Bane of Arthropods]]<ref group="note" name=exc2/>
|Increases the damage dealt to [[Minecraft:arthropod]]s.
|V
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}}{{only|bedrock|short=1}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Minecraft:Cleaving]]{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}}<ref group="note" name="exc2" />
|Increases the damage and shield cooldown time dealt.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|
|-
|[[Minecraft:Looting]]{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}}<ref group="note" name="sword">Fire Aspect, Looting, Knockback, and Sweeping Edge currently exist, but they can be used only for [[Minecraft:sword]]s.</ref>
|Increases the amount of [[Minecraft:drops]] when killing an entity with the axe.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Knockback]]{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}}<ref group="note" name="sword" />
|Increases the knockback dealt.
|II
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Minecraft:Fire Aspect]]{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}}<ref group="note" name="sword" />
|Ignites any targets hit by the axe and lights unlit [[Minecraft:candle]]s, [[Minecraft:campfire]]s, and [[Minecraft:TNT|Block of TNT]] when {{Control|used}}.
|II
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Sweeping Edge]]{{upcoming|java Combat Tests|nocat=1}}<ref group="note" name="sword" />
|Increases the sweeping damage dealt.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Unbreaking]]
|Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Enchanting Table}} {{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Minecraft:Mending]]
|Repairs the axe when obtaining [[Minecraft:experience]].
|I
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing]]
|The axe vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.
|I
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|1
|}

{{notelist}}

=== Fuel ===
Wooden axes can be used as fuel in a [[Minecraft:furnace]], smelting one item per axe.

== Sounds ==
{{:Axe/Sounds}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Axe
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_axe
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Wooden Axe
|spritetype=item
|nameid=wooden_axe
|id=311
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|MOAR Tools}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Wax off}}

== Videos ==
{{yt|GJ6XBDFDBd0}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128-2200|[[File:Wooden Axe JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden axes.
|An axe held by the player is now rendered to appear more 3D.
|Wooden axes cannot be crafted yet, but have been added to the item chest in the Indev house.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|Wooden axes can now be [[Minecraft:craft]]ed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100131-2156|Wooden axes now have [[Minecraft:durability]] which is 33 points.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2|Wooden axes' durability has been increased from 33 to 59.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.4|dev=release|[[Minecraft:Spruce planks]], [[Minecraft:birch planks]], and [[Minecraft:jungle planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w16a|Wooden axes are now found in the new [[Minecraft:bonus chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=12w18a|Wooden axes can now be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]] in a [[Minecraft:furnace]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w21a|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[Minecraft:damage]] ({{hp|1}}), wooden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=1.7.1|[[Minecraft:Acacia planks]] and [[Minecraft:dark oak planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w34a|Axes now use the attack speed combat mechanic meter. The time it takes for the meter to fill up for an axe is 1.2 seconds.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w34b|Wooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8, taking about 1.25 seconds to fill the attack meter.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w34c|Wooden axes do {{hp|4}} more [[Minecraft:damage]] than previously.
|Wooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.85.
|Wooden axes can now temporarily disable [[Minecraft:shield]] use.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w35a|The [[Minecraft:damage]] of wooden axes has been reduced by {{hp|1}}.
|The speed of wooden axes has been increased to 0.9.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w37a|Wooden axes now have an attack speed of 0.8.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=15w44a|The average yield of wooden axes from [[Minecraft:bonus chest]]s has been decreased.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w07a|{{control|Using}} a wooden axe on a block of [[Minecraft:wood]] or [[Minecraft:log]] now turns it into a stripped block of wood or log.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre2|{{control|Using}} a wooden axe on a bark now turns it into a stripped bark.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Wooden Axe JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wooden axes have been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|[[Minecraft:Crimson planks]] and [[Minecraft:warped planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w11a|Wooden axes can now be used to scrape wax and oxidation off [[Minecraft:copper block]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19|dev=22w11a|[[Minecraft:Mangrove planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.3|exp=Update 1.20|dev=22w42a|[[Minecraft:Bamboo planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.
|Added [[Minecraft:block of bamboo]], which when used with a wooden axe gives a block of stripped bamboo.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|[[Minecraft:Cherry planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.
|Added [[Minecraft:cherry log]]s, which when used with an axe gives a [[Minecraft:stripped cherry log]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.3|exp=Update 1.21|dev=23w45a|Wooden axes can now be found in entrance chests in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.2|exp=Winter Drop|dev=24w40a|[[Minecraft:Pale oak planks]] can now be used to craft wooden axes.
|Added [[Minecraft:pale oak log]]s, which when used with an axe gives a [[Minecraft:stripped pale oak log]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|combat java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14.3|The attack speed for wooden axes has been increased to 2.
|Wooden axes now deal {{hp|1}} more [[Minecraft:damage]] than their sword counterparts.}}
|{{HistoryLine||3|The [[Minecraft:Chopping]] enchantment has been added for wooden axes, which adds 1 damage and 0.5 seconds (10 [[Minecraft:game tick]]s) of [[Minecraft:shield]] stunning per level and is mutually exclusive with [[Minecraft:Sharpness]].
|Wooden axes now always disable shields for {{convert|1.6|seconds|ticks}}, instead of having a 25% to disable them for 5 seconds (100 game ticks).
|Wooden axes now take 1 damage when attacking instead of 2.
|The [[Minecraft:Sweeping Edge]] enchantment can now be applied to wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||4|[[Minecraft:Knockback]], [[Minecraft:Looting]], and [[Minecraft:Fire Aspect]] enchantments can now be applied to wooden axes.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|[[File:Wooden Axe JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden axes. They actually function as tools despite being unobtainable by normal means.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Wooden axes can now be crafted with wooden planks and sticks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.11.0|dev=build 1|Wooden axes can now be used as fuel in a [[Minecraft:furnace]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 11|Wooden axes are now available in the [[Minecraft:creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 12|Wooden axes have been removed from creative.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=build 13|Wooden axes have been re-added to creative mode.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[Minecraft:damage]] ({{hp|1}}), wooden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|Wooden axes can now be found in [[Minecraft:bonus chest]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.13|dev=beta 1.2.13.8|Using a wooden axe on a [[Minecraft:log]] now turns it into a stripped log.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Wooden Axe JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wooden axes has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|dev=beta 1.16.220.52|Wooden axes can now be used to scrape wax off copper blocks.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.30|dev=Preview 1.18.30.27|Wooden axes can now temporarily disable [[Minecraft:shield]] use. This is not mentioned in the official changelog.<ref>{{tweet|kingbdogz|1504505321884196872|We missed a change in recent changelogs for the Bedrock beta that you may like - we have now made a parity fix that makes shields get disabled for 5 seconds when attacked by an Axe-wielding mob or player. We will make sure to list this properly in the next beta :)|March 17, 2022}}</ref>
}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.60|exp=Update 1.21|dev=Preview 1.20.60.20|Wooden axes can now be found in entrance chests in [[Minecraft:trial chambers]].}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Wooden Axe JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden axes.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Instead of replacing the barehanded [[Minecraft:damage]] ({{hp|1}}), wooden axes now add their damage onto the barehanded damage, which results in them doing {{hp|1}} more damage than before.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU36|xbone=CU25|ps3=1.28|psvita=1.28|ps4=1.28|wiiu=Patch 7|switch=1.0.1|The attack damage of wooden axes is now shown above the hotbar when switching to it if the item has less than 3 [[Minecraft:enchantments]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Using a wooden axe on a [[Minecraft:log]] now turns it into a stripped log.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Wooden Axe JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of wooden axes have been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Wooden Axe JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added wooden axes.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was {{info needed}}.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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imported>LauraFii at 07:31, 8 January 2026